OregonFlora species comparison

erect, 1.5–15(20) dm; simple or branched distally, green or reddish.

prostrate; much branched and mat-forming, 1–5 dm, often whitish.

blades ovate to rhombic-ovate, 2–15 cm, bases wedge-shaped;

margins entire; flat to crisped;

midveins extending to a short spine;

tips acute to obtuse;

petioles 2.5–8 cm.

blades oblong, obovate, or oblanceolate, 3–20 mm, bases wedge-shaped;

margins entire; plane; flat to sometimes undulate;

midveins extending to a spine;

tips rounded to subacute;

petioles 2–6(8)mm; ? ½ as long as blade.

terminal and axillary; erect to somewhat reflexed tightly clustered panicles, green to silvery green;

bracts numerous, lanceolate to awl-shaped, 3–6 mm.

axillary clusters of flowers, staminate and pistillate flowers intermixed;

bracts small and inconspicuous, 1–2 mm.

perianth segments similar in staminate and pistillate flowers; spoon-shaped to obovate, overlapping, reflexed with age; equal to subequal;

midveins extending to a short spine;

tips rounded to notched.

perianth segments 4–5, 2–3 mm;

stamens (3)4–5.

perianth segments (2)3; equal to subequal, 1–1.5 mm;

stamens 3.

perianth segments 5; (2)2.5–3.5 mm;

stigmas 3.

perianth segments 1–3, unequal, only 1 well developed, 1–1.2 mm;

styles 3; erect.

ovoid to elliptic, 1.5–2.5 mm; smooth to rugose at bases; dehiscence usually circumscissile.

subglobose, 1–1.2 mm; smooth, wrinkled near tips; dehiscence irregular to circumscissile.

lenticular; ovoid to obovoid, 1–1.3 mm, dark brown to black; shiny.

lenticular, obovate, 0.7–1 mm, dark red-brown; shiny.

=34.